Which statement about the Zuni (New Mexico) kinship system is true?
a. They have a bilateral kinship system.
b. Zuni men are divided between serving the economic interests of their wives and the ceremonial needs of their sisters and mothers.
c. Inheritance is traced through fathers.
d. They practice patrilocal residence.
e. Wives are viewed as strangers or outsiders within the extended family.
ANS: B
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